Oiled wildlife response workshop and EUROWA training held in Poland
In September, Sea Alarm, in cooperation with WWF Poland, presented a National Workshop on Oiled Wildlife Response Planning in Poland, followed by a EUROWA Basic Response training. The one day workshop was attended by 32 representatives from Poland’s national authorities,…
EUROWA Veterinary Specialist training held in Belgium
In April 2019, sixteen veterinarians from seven European nations attended a course in Ostend, Belgium to earn the Veterinary Specialist Qualification under the EURopean Oiled Wildlife Assistance (EUROWA) network. The course, given to veterinarians affiliated with EUROWA member organisations, was…
EUROWA partner PRO Bird delivers Basic oiled wildlife responder training in Germany
In March of 2018, PRO Bird presented a EUROWA Basic training session to two German partner organisations, continuing EUROWA’s work of improving response to oiled wildlife in Europe. Fifteen staff and volunteers from Wildtierstation (Wildlife Rescue Centre) Hamburg / Schleswig-Holstein …
ADVANCED Oiled Wildlife Responder training course in Ireland
EUROWA partners Wildlife Rescue Centre Ostend (WRCO)/ Belgium and PRO Bird e.V. / Germany delivered a four-day ADVANCED Oiled Wildlife Responder training course in Foynes, Ireland in October 2018.The event was hosted by the Irish Oiled Wildlife Response Network (OWRN)…
ADVANCED Responder Field training given to RSPCA Wildlife Officer Team
At the 2018 conference of the RSPCA Wildlife Officer Team, held in March at Mallydams in East Sussex, England, the eighteen officers in attendance were trained in EUROWA ADVANCED Responder Search and Collection procedures. Geoff Edmond, the RSPCA National Wildlife…
EUROWA BASIC Responder trainings held in the Netherlands
On the weekend of 17/18 November 2018, SON-Respons, the new umbrella organisation for oiled wildlife response preparedness in the Netherlands, facilitated two EUROWA BASIC Responder training courses. As part of a 5-year oiled wildlife preparedness programme (2017-2022) coordinated by Sea…
EUROWA used in oiled wildlife preparedness training for Arctic Russia
A pilot project to begin integration of wildlife rescue into oil spill response in Arctic Russia included a two-day EUROWA Basic Responder Course, which took place in Russia in August 2017. The course, originally developed under the POSOW project, and…
Management training for authorities: a new addition to the EUROWA training suite
Sea Alarm has now developed a one-day Oiled Wildlife Response Managers training course which has been added to the EUROWA suite of courses. The course will be provided in mid-October in Helsinki, to attendees of the Baltic Responder Meeting organized…
The EUROWA Project comes to a close
The EUROWA Project Team gathered for their last Team Event to showcase SPECIALIST training and exercise modules, and to evaluate and close the EU-funded project. The event took place from December 12-16 at the RSPCA’s Wildlife Hospital in Mallydams Wood,…